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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CROSSOPTERYGII

Cros *sop `te *ryg "i *i (krs-sp `t-rj- ), n. pl. Etym: [NL. , fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: An order of ganoid fishes including among living species the bichir (Polypterus ). See Brachioganoidei.